Monarda fistulosa L.
Common names: Wildbergamot Beebalm
Species details (USDA):
USDA MOBR2
Documented uses
72 uses documented
Blackfoot
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 72)
Blackfoot
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 77)
Blackfoot
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 84)
Blackfoot
Drug, Emetic
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 65)
Blackfoot
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Blackfoot
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 67)
Blackfoot
Drug, Throat Aid
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 77)
Blackfoot
Other, Cooking Tools
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 115)
Blackfoot
Other, Tools
detail...
(Hellson, John C.,
1974,
Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians,
Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series,
pages 115)
Cherokee
Drug, Abortifacient
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Carminative
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Diaphoretic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Diuretic
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Heart Medicine
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Hemostat
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Drug, Sedative
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cherokee
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 39)
Cheyenne
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Chippewa
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1933,
Some Chippewa Uses of Plants,
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press,
pages 140)
Chippewa
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1933,
Some Chippewa Uses of Plants,
Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press,
pages 140)
Choctaw
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 54)
Choctaw
Drug, Cathartic
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 54)
Choctaw
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 54)
Crow
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Crow
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Dakota
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 111)
Dakota
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 363)
Dakota
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 111)
Dakota
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 363)
Dakota
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 363)
Dakota
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota,
Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70,
pages 363)
Flathead
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Drug, Toothache Remedy
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Food, Preservative
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Flathead
Other, Insecticide
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Iroquois
Food, Beverage
detail...
(Waugh, F. W.,
1916,
Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation,
Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines,
pages 149)
Koasati
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 54)
Kutenai
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Kutenai
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Lakota
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 50)
Lakota
Drug, Eye Medicine
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 50)
Lakota
Drug, Hemostat
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 50)
Lakota
Drug, Pulmonary Aid
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 50)
Lakota
Drug, Stimulant
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 50)
Lakota
Food, Special Food
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 50)
Menominee
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Densmore, Francis,
1932,
Menominee Music,
SI-BAE Bulletin #102,
pages 133)
Menominee
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1923,
Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174,
pages 39)
Meskwaki
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1928,
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326,
pages 225)
Montana Indian
Drug, Gynecological Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Navajo
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Elmore, Francis H.,
1944,
Ethnobotany of the Navajo,
Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research,
pages 73)
Ojibwa
Drug, Anticonvulsive
detail...
(Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns,
1981,
Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada,
Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325,
pages 2274)
Ojibwa
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns,
1981,
Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada,
Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325,
pages 2274)
Ojibwa
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns,
1981,
Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada,
Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325,
pages 2274)
Ojibwa
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1932,
Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525,
pages 372)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 201)
Ojibwa, South
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hoffman, W.J.,
1891,
The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa,
SI-BAE Annual Report #7,
pages 201)
Omaha
Other, Incense & Fragrance
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1913,
A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians,
Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57.,
pages 323)
Sioux
Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
detail...
(Hart, Jeff,
1992,
Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples,
Helena. Montana Historical Society Press,
pages 70)
Sioux, Teton
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1918,
Teton Sioux Music,
SI-BAE Bulletin #61,
pages 270)
Sioux, Teton
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Densmore, Frances,
1918,
Teton Sioux Music,
SI-BAE Bulletin #61,
pages 270)
Winnebago
Drug, Dermatological Aid
detail...
(Gilmore, Melvin R.,
1919,
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region,
SI-BAE Annual Report #33,
pages 111)